One-Year Trajectory of Step Counts and Weight Loss in Adults With Overweight/Obesity: Retrospective Cohort Study

Kenshiro Taguchi   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MS ;   Asuka Oyama   ^{2, 4 *} , PhD ;   Jun'ichi Kotoku   ^{1, 2, 5} , PhD ;   Hiroshi Toki   ² , PhD ;   Ryohei Yamamoto   ^{2, 6, 7, 8} , MD, PhD

¹ Graduate Degree Program of Health Data Science, Teikyo University, Itabashi, Japan

² Health and Counseling Center, The University of Osaka, Toyonaka, Japan

³ Fundamental Technology Research Department, Biochemical Research Laboratory, Eiken Chemical Co, Ltd, Nogi, Japan

⁴ Epidemiology Section, Division of Public Health, Osaka Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan

⁵ Graduate School of Medical Care and Technology, Teikyo University, Itabashi, Japan

⁶ Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, Japan

⁷ Laboratory of Behavioral Health Promotion, Department of Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, Japan

⁸ Institute for Sports and Global Health, The University of Osaka, Suita, Japan

*these authors contributed equally